There aren't exactly many Google Glass explorers out there, since Google has not put the $1,500 product on sale anywhere, but your chances of spotting a wearer in the wild is about to shoot up. The Glass team announced on Google+ today that over the next few weeks, all explorers will get to invite up to three friends to join the Glass Explorers program. They will still have to buy the glasses, mind you, but this means the device will soon be more accessible than it has ever been.

In addition to this, current explorers will have the one-time option to swap out their existing Glass for a new unit. These models should be more accessible to people who already wear glasses, as they will support prescription frames along with future lines of shades. They will also come with a mono earbud - which, though possibly better than the current speaker, probably still won't provide all that enjoyable of a listening experience. Once things are set up, owners will have up to sixty days to register for an exchange, but the team has yet to share when they intend to get the ball rolling.

More details are coming later, but for now, here's a video made with content filmed by explorers all over the US.

Bertel, I just want you to know that I just read your little bio thing and had to look up the City of Bridges. Then I smacked myself in the forehead as I realized that I'm typing this from my office in the city. I've lived in Pittsburgh for four years now and I had no idea it was called the City of Bridges... makes sense, I guess.

mesmorino

All I'm saying is if I had $1500 the last thing I'd spend it on would be a glorified trinket that's what tv tropes calls an Obvious Beta. Off the top of my head: Dump it into my student loan, dump it into my credit card, travel, buy a car, in descending order of priority. I've got a date com algumas meninas com bundas grandes no Brasil.

jacob

you're a douchebag.

mesmorino

And you're a gigantic moron.

Cherokee4Life

I am just trying to figure out what Tech news editor/reporter that has one to buddy up to in the next few days..

gumbald

US residents only. Still...

RitishOemraw

Ofc, those are the only kind of residents that matter

to Google in a beta program of new hardware which is probably too much of a bother to license for use in many other countries without such a proper beta testing.

That being said: BRING IT OUTSIDE OF US NOAW!!!!

RitishOemraw

I should've bought Google Glass and now sold the extra 3 invites for 500 a pop :D